2 area women receive prison in plea deals

Melissa A. Hackwith, 36, East Fifth Street, had her drug court probation revoked and sentenced to two years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

That was for felony counts of forgery and possession of meth less than 5 grams. She was given credit for 215 days served in the Knox County jail and the sentences are to be served at 50 percent.

That means she will serve about five months in prison. She had been accepted into Knox County Drug Court in December, but failed to follow up on treatment recommendations, according to her petition to revoke probation.

Hackwith was also ordered to pay court costs and fines and will serve two years of parole after her prison stay.

In other court news, Jennifer N. Niles, 30, Galesburg Road in Knoxville, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of possession of meth less than 5 grams, felony delivery of meth less than 5 grams and felony forgery.

She received prison sentences on the meth cases and received a consecutive sentence of non-reporting probation for two years. She received three years in prison to run concurrent with two two-year prison sentences.

She was given credit for 180 days served in the three-year sentence case and it is to be served at 50 percent. That means Niles will likely serve about one year in prison.

She will serve two years of parole at the same time as her non-reporting probation. Niles was also fined a combined $3,134.18.

Niles had several other charges dismissed in Thursday morning's plea deal.